Q: What will you bring to our university? Please give me some examples of positive contributions to your community you have made in the past, at your school or elsewhere.

Number of answers: 4, Average difficulty: 2.8

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Answer from cdh99 on Oct. 27, 2020, 12:58 p.m.

I have been concentrating on studying my A-Level subjects to try to reach the best grades that I can, but I have still been able to continue with some charity work for the local community. I work Saturday afternoons in the Oxfam shop in our High Street and I also am a member of our church community action group where we have activities such as doing gardening for old people and doing their shopping for them, so I would like to get involved in university charity activities too.

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You could look up some information about each university that you are applying to and remember the exact name of the relevant societies that interest you and some facts about them to show that you are serious about your interest in each university and have prepared carefully for the interview. - jazzy1

You should give an example of the results of your charity work - how many people you have helped, what exactly did you do for them, how did they feel about how you helped them. - ivv02

Answer from harrieth1 on Oct. 27, 2020, 1:15 p.m.

I am heavily involved in sports at school, and I represent the school in our local leagues in netball and hockey. I was captain of the netball team last year. I’d like to carry on doing these sports and I would love to represent the university at any level. I’m also keen on drama and I act in all our school plays and I plan to join the university drama group.

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Nice answer! You could add maybe how your teams have been doing, what position you play, and what roles you have acted in the plays to make it more interesting and less general. - ivb2k1

You could look up what plays the university drama group has done recently and say which ones you particularly like and why. You could also see how the university sports teams are doing and how many levels of teams they have. - ItaLor2000

Answer from frenchie01 on Oct. 27, 2020, 1:24 p.m.

I am not afraid of taking up responsibilities to improve the community I find myself in. For example, I am head girl at my school. I regularly attend meetings with the director and the heads of department where I bring up problems that students are facing as well as suggestions to improve their time at school. Another example of something I have done is tutor students from lower years for free. This is something I would like to continue doing here if possible.

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Consider giving more detail about the impact you have had. For example, what specifically did you convince your school to do differently? - rk001

Answer from fcox on Dec. 15, 2022, 2:06 p.m.

I am a passionate and determined person who is very focused on how I can work to improve the community I am in. For example, I led a student group in high school to advocate for and draft a new, progressive dress code that was accepted by the school leadership team. I have also worked as a leader of our Student Advocacy of Diversity group to create n educational platform for students to learn about important issues.